Appendix B SAE/EPC specifications
The EPS is specified in a set of new specifications as well as updates of existing GSM and UMTS specifications. Some of the specifications listed below are hence introduced for EPS in Rel-8 while others have existed for GSM and UMTS and have just been updated to cater for EPS.
All specs are Rel-8 if not explicitly mentioned otherwise.
SA1
| TS 22.011 | Service accessibility | |
| TS 22.168 | Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System (ETWS) requirements | |
| TS 22.220 | Service requirements for Home Node B (HNB) and Home eNode B (HeNB) | |
| TS 22.268 | Public Warning System (PWS) requirements | Rel-9 |
| TS 22.278 | Service requirements for the EPS |
SA2
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| TS 23.002 | Network architecture | |
| TS 23.060 | GPRS; Service description; Stage 2 | |
| TS 23.203 | PCC architecture | |
| TS 23.216 | Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC); Stage 2 | |
| TS 23.221 | Architectural requirements | |
| TS 23.236 | Intra-domain connection of Radio Access Network (RAN) nodes to multiple Core Network (CN) nodes | |
| TS 23.272 | Circuit-Switched (CS) fallback in EPS; Stage 2 | |
| TS 23.401 | GPRS enhancements for E-UTRAN access | |
| TS 23.402 | Architecture enhancements for non-3GPP accesses |
SA3
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| TS 33.401 | 3GPP SAE; Security architecture | |
| TS 33.402 | 3GPP SAE; Security aspects of non-3GPP accesses |
CT1
| TS 23.003 | Numbering, addressing and identification | |
| TS 23.122 | Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) functions related to Mobile Station (MS) in idle mode | |
| TS 24.301 | NAS protocol for EPS; Stage 3 | |
| TS 24.302 | Access to the EPC via non-3GPP access networks; Stage 3 | |
| TS 24.303 | Mobility management based on Dual-stack Mobile IPv6; Stage 3 | |
| TS 24.304 | Mobility management based on MIPv4; User Equipment (UE)-foreign agent interface; Stage 3 | |
| TS 24.312 | Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) Management Object (MO) |
CT3 and CT4
| TS 29.002 | Mobile Application Part (MAP) specification | ? |
| TS 29.060 | GPRS; GTP across the Gn and Gp interfaces | |
| TS 29.061 | Interworking between the Public L and Mobile Network (PLMN) supporting packet based services and PDN | |
| TS 29.118 | Mobility Management Entity (MME)-Visitor Location Register (VLR) SGs interface specification | |
| TS 29.168 | Cell Broadcast Centre interfaces with the EPC; Stage 3 | |
| TS 29.210 | Charging rule provisioning over Gx interface | ? |
| TS 29.211 | Rx interface and Rx/Gx signalling flows | ? |
| TS 29.212 | PCC over Gx reference point | ? |
| TS 29.213 | PCC signalling flows and QoS parameter mapping | ? |
| TS 29.214 | PCC over Rx reference point | |
| TS 29.215 | PCC over S9 reference point | |
| TS 29.230 | Diameter applications; 3GPP specific codes and identifiers | |
| TS 29.272 | EPS; MME and SGSN-related interfaces based on Diameter protocol | |
| TS 29.273 | EPS; 3GPP EPS AAA interfaces | |
| TS 29.274 | 3GPP EPS; Evolved GPRS Tunnelling Protocol for Control plane (GTPv2-C); Stage 3 | |
| TS 29.275 | PMIPv6-based Mobility and Tunnelling protocols; Stage 3 | |
| TS 29.276 | Optimized Handover Procedures and Protocols between E-UTRAN Access and cdma2000 HRPD Access | |
| TS 29.277 | Optimized Handover Procedures and Protocols between E-UTRAN Access and 1xRTT Access | |
| TS 29.279 | MIPv4-based Mobility protocols; Stage 3 | |
| TS 29.280 | EPS; 3GPP Sv interface (MME to MSC, and SGSN to MSC) for SRVCC | |
| TS 29.281 | GPRS Tunnelling Protocol User Plane (GTPv1-U) | |
| TS 29.303 | Domain Name System Procedures; Stage 3 | |
| TS 29.304 | MIPv4-based Mobility protocols; Stage 3 | |
| TS 29.305 | Interworking Function (IWF) between MAP-based and Diameter-based interfaces |
E-UTRAN specs, WG RAN1-5:
The E-UTRAN is specified in a separate specification series, the 36.xxx series
Click on spec number for details.
| TS 36.101 | E-UTRA; UE radio transmission and reception | |
| TS 36.104 | E-UTRA; Base Station (BS) radio transmission and reception | |
| TS 36.106 | E-UTRA; FDD repeater radio transmission and reception | |
| TS 36.113 | E-UTRA; BS and repeater Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) | |
| TS 36.124 | E-UTRA; EMC requirements for mobile terminals and ancillary equipment | |
| TS 36.133 | E-UTRA; Requirements for support of radio resource management | |
| TS 36.141 | E-UTRA; BS conformance testing | |
| TS 36.143 | E-UTRA; Repeater conformance testing | |
| TS 36.201 | E-UTRA; LTE physical layer; General description | |
| TS 36.211 | E-UTRA; Physical channels and modulation | |
| TS 36.212 | E-UTRA; Multiplexing and channel coding | |
| TS 36.213 | E-UTRA; Physical layer procedures | |
| TS 36.214 | E-UTRA; Physical layer measurements | |
| TS 36.300 | E-UTRA and E-UTRAN; Overall description; Stage 2 | |
| TS 36.302 | E-UTRA; Services provided by the physical layer | |
| TS 36.304 | E-UTRA; UE procedures in idle mode | |
| TS 36.306 | E-UTRA; UE radio access capabilities | |
| TS 36.314 | E-UTRAN; Layer 2 measurements | |
| TS 36.321 | E-UTRA; Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol specification | |
| TS 36.322 | E-UTRA; Radio Link Control (RLC) protocol specification | |
| TS 36.323 | E-UTRA; Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) specification | |
| TS 36.331 | E-UTRA; Radio Resource Control (RRC); Protocol specification | |
| TS 36.401 | E-UTRAN; Architecture description | |
| TS 36.410 | E-UTRAN; S1 layer 1 general aspects and principles | |
| TS 36.411 | E-UTRAN; S1 layer 1 | |
| TS 36.412 | E-UTRAN; S1 signalling transport | |
| TS 36.413 | E-UTRA; S1 Application Protocol (S1AP) | |
| TS 36.414 | E-UTRAN; S1 data transport | |
| TS 36.420 | E-UTRAN; X2 general aspects and principles | |
| TS 36.421 | E-UTRAN; X2 layer 1 | |
| TS 36.422 | E-UTRAN; X2 signalling transport | |
| TS 36.423 | E-UTRAN; X2 Application Protocol (X2AP) | |
| TS 36.424 | E-UTRAN; X2 data transport | |
| TS 36.440 | E-UTRAN; General aspects and principles for interfaces supporting Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) within E-UTRAN | |
| TS 36.441 | E-UTRAN; Layer 1 for interfaces supporting MBMS within E-UTRAN | |
| TS 36.442 | E-UTRAN; Signalling Transport for interfaces supporting MBMS within E-UTRAN | |
| TS 36.443 | E-UTRAN; M2 Application Protocol (M2AP) | |
| TS 36.444 | E-UTRAN; M3 Application Protocol (M3AP) | |
| TS 36.445 | E-UTRAN; M1 Data Transport | |
| TS 36.446 | E-UTRAN; M1 User Plane protocol | |
| TS 36.508 | E-UTRA and EPC; Common test environments for UE conformance testing | |
| TS 36.509 | E-UTRA; Special conformance testing function for UE | |
| TS 36.521-1 | E-UTRA; UE conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 1: conformance testing | |
| TS 36.521-2 | E-UTRA; UE conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 2: Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) | |
| TS 36.521-3 | E-UTRA; UE conformance specification; Radio transmission and reception; Part 3: Radio Resource Management conformance testing | |
| TS 36.523-1 | E-UTRA and E-UTRAN; UE conformance specification; Part 1: Protocol conformance specification | |
| TS 36.523-2 | E-UTRA and E-UTRAN; UE conformance specification; Part 2: ICS | |
| TS 36.523-3 | E-UTRA and E-UTRAN; UE conformance specification; Part 3: Abstract Test Suites (ATS) | |
| TR 36.801 | E-UTRA; Measurement requirements | |
| TR 36.803 | E-UTRA; UE radio transmission and reception | |
| TR 36.804 | E-UTRA; BS radio transmission and reception | |
| TR 36.814 | Further advancements for E-UTRA Physical layer aspects | |
| TR 36.902 | E-UTRAN; Self-configuring and self-optimizing network (SON) use cases and solutions | |
| TS 36.903 | E-UTRA; Derivation of test tolerances for multi-cell Radio Resource Management (RRM) conformance tests | |
| TR 36.913 | Requirements for further advancements for E-UTRA (LTE-Advanced) | |
| TR 36.938 | E-UTRAN; Improved network-controlled mobility between E-UTRAN and 3GPP2/mobile WiMAX radio technologies | |
| TR 36.942 | E-UTRA; Radio Frequency (RF) system scenarios | |
| TR 36.956 | E-UTRA; Repeater planning guidelines and system analysis |
IETF documents
RFCs
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RFC 768; User Datagram Protocol
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RFC 793; Transmission Control Protocol
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RFC 2003; IP Encapsulation within IP
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RFC 2401; Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
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RFC 2402; IP Authentication Header
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RFC 2406; IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
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RFC 2407; The Internet IP Security Domain of Interpretation for ISAKMP
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RFC 2408; Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP)
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RFC 2409; The Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
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RFC 2473; Generic Packet Tunnelling in IPv6 Specification
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RFC 2784; Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
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RFC 2890; Key and Sequence Number Extensions to GRE
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RFC 2960; Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
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RFC 3309; SCTP Checksum Change
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RFC 3344; IP Mobility Support for IPv4
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RFC 3748; Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
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RFC 3775; Mobility Support in IPv6
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RFC 3776; Using IPsec to Protect MIPv6 Signalling between Mobile Nodes and Home Agents
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RFC 3588; Diameter Base Protocol
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RFC 4005; Diameter Network Access Server Application
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RFC 4006; Diameter Credit-Control Application
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RFC 4072; Diameter EAP Application
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RFC 4186; EAP Method for Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Subscriber Identity Modules (EAP-SIM)
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RFC 4187; EAP Method for Third Generation Authentication and Key Agreement (EAP-AKA)
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RFC 4285; Authentication Protocol for MIPv6
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RFC 4301; Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
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RFC 4302; IP Authentication Header
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RFC 4303; IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
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RFC 4306; Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) Protocol
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RFC 4555; IKEv2 Mobility and Multihoming Protocol (MOBIKE)
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RFC 4877; MIPv6 Operation with IKEv2 and the Revised IPsec Architecture
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RFC 4960; SCTP
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RFC 5213; PMIPv6
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RFC 5216; The EAP-TLS Authentication Protocol
Internet drafts
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MIPv6 Support for Dual Stack Hosts and Routers (DSMIPv6) (draft-ietf-mext-nemo-v4traversal)
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GRE Key Option for PMIPv6 (draft-ietf-netlmm-grekey-option)
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IPv4 Support for PMIPv6 (draft-ietf-netlmm-pmip6-ipv4-support)
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Improved EAP Method for Third Generation Authentication and Key Agreement (EAP-AKA') (draft-arkko-eap-aka-kdf)
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Diameter PMIPv6: Support For Mobile Access Gateway and Local Mobility Anchor to Diameter Server Interaction (draft-korhonen-dime-pmip6)
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Diameter MIPv6: Support for Network Access Server to Diameter Server Interaction (draft-ietf-dime-mip6-integrated)